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Cruise control (also known as speed control, cruise command, autocruise, or tempomat) is a system that automatically controls the speed of an automobile.
Ralph Teetor (August 17, 1890 – February 15, 1982) was a prolific inventor who invented cruise control.He was the longtime president of the automotive parts manufacturer The Perfect Circle Co. (acquired in 1963 by Dana Holding Corporation, then sold to Mahle GmbH in 2007) in Hagerstown, Indiana, a manufacturer of piston rings.
The Cruise AV is a Chevy Bolt-based autonomous vehicle; the first generation (G1) were modified by Cruise in San Francisco while the subsequent second and third generations (G2 and G3) are manufactured at the Orion Township assembly plant in Michigan. The Cruise AVs feature "drive control algorithms and artificial intelligence created by Cruise."
General Motors’ Cruise on Thursday announced internally that it will lay off 900 employees or 24% of its workforce, the company confirmed to CNBC. GM's Cruise laying off 900, or 24% of its workforce
Modern cruise control was invented in 1948. [9] Transmission ... pioneered by BMW and Ferrari, began appearing on mass-production automobiles in the mid-1990s; ...
Adaptive cruise control does not provide full autonomy: the system only provides some help to the driver, but does not drive the car by itself. [3] For example, the driver is able to set the cruise control to 55mph, if the car while traveling that speed catches up to another vehicle going only 45mph, the ACC will cause the car to automatically brake and maintain a safe distance behind the ...
However, their relationship ended before it could even really begin. “It soon became clear that she was being auditioned for the biggest role of her life—Mrs. Tom Cruise,” Andrew wrote.
The rumors quickly spun out of control, so much so that they hid away baby Suri for months after she was born in April 2006. By October 2006, however, the baby had made her world debut in Vanity Fair.